Sunday, July 5, 2009

Do Something

So pleased to finally have these resistor pendants in the shop. They look great (I often wear a black one as a drop pendant) and can convey a message of "I am a geek", "I am an activist" or "I am a geek activist."

They fit in with the bulk of my media intake lately. I have quite fallen in love with British comedian Mark Steel who, along with being funny, smart and very sexy, is an activist and a strong proponent of the belief that even the person who thinks himself most lowly can start a revolution. I'm learning a lot from his writing, his radio programs and his fantastic television series The Mark Steel Lectures (which can be seen on YouTube, as well as being downloadable from his webstie) and finding so much inspiration in his message.

I will soon be in possession of his book Viva la Revolution: A Stand-Up History of the French Revolution and am very excited about it. Learning through humor is my favorite sort of education.

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The Marlowe Co. is a craft/maker semi-collective that is just getting started. Made up of me, Kali Nichta, my dear friend Mungo (visitmakersfield.com) and our co-spawn the Monkeyboi, we are a bi-coastal operation with me in the east, Mungo in the west, and the Monkey swinging back and forth between from time to time.
This venture came about as an answer to the question of how to make ends meet and how to flex the creativity I don't get to exercise in my 9-to-5 (does anyone really work from 9 to 5?). Now my ideas are flowing, and I am excited about the direction I hope to take this little shop.